FC Dallas v. New York City FC 2025 MLS Regular Season - Matchday 27 Date: Friday, July 25, 2025 | Kickoff: 8:40pm ET Location: Toyota Stadium | Frisco, Texas Television: MLS Season Pass Radio (English/Spanish): New York City FC App | Tune In App newyorkcityfc.com/radio
NEW YORK CITY FC HEAD COACH PASCAL JANSEN
Thoughts on Forward Seymour Reid… “He's [Seymour Reid] in a good place at the moment. He’s training with us on a daily basis, and I’ve seen all his home games with the second team. If I'm not mistaken, he’s scored about 11 goals with the second team, so he’s able to produce goals, and that is the main job for a number nine. He’s still a young kid but plays with a lot of energy. What I like about him is his movement off the ball and how he can set up plays as well. If you look back to the game against Kansas, it took him maybe five or six minutes to adapt to senior play. After the first duel he played in, all the other plays, he put up a good fight to get us forward. I think that’s a huge part of his responsibility as well. If you go back to the game against Orlando, he had a huge opportunity to score the third goal, but he was also there alongside Alonso [Martínez] when Alonso scored the winning goal. So he has to keep up this level and try to improve in order to get more playing time and become more competitive for the number nine position.”
On his experience coaching young players… “I think my experience has taught me to work with any type of player—young, middle-aged, or a little older. As a coach, I learn from these guys every day still, so that's not really an issue. But I think the factor that’s true for all ages is their willingness to be coached, to be open to coaching, and to want to become better than they already are. That’s something I’m always willing to support, and with all my experience, knowledge, and personality, I always hope to help these players move forward.”
NEW YORK CITY FC MIDFIELDER JUSTIN HAAK
On stepping into a leadership role and helping the younger players on the team… “It’s really important for me—especially coming from the Academy—seeing all these guys getting really good opportunities with the First Team and training every day. So, whatever little bits I can help them with, even just talking to them a bit more off-the-field, helping them feel comfortable—I try to do that as much as I can.”
FACING FC DALLAS
New York City FC wraps up their four-game trip on the road with a visit to Toyota Stadium, facing Western Conference side FC Dallas. This will be the ninth time New York City FC will play FC Dallas in series history, and the first time since the 2023 MLS Regular Season.
The last time New York City FC and FC Dallas played against each other was at Citi Field, when the Club hosted them on April 22, 2023.
New York City won the game 3-1, confirming their third win over Dallas in the series. In that match, Santiago Rodríguez scored two goals, Talles Magno scored one, and both Gabriel Pereira and Richard Ledezma provided an assist.
New York City FC has a two-match winning streak against FC Dallas, having won in their most recent games during the 2022 and 2023 MLS Regular Season.
July 13, 2022, marked the initial win in this streak, as New York City won the game through a slim 0-1 margin.
The second and most recent meeting was the 3-1 victory at Citi Field on April 22, 2023.
Expanding it further, the Club is on a seven-match unbeaten run against FC Dallas, as they last lost against them on September 12, 2015, in the Club’s inaugural season and their first-ever meeting.
New York City lost 2-1, through two late first-half goals that gave Dallas the advantage the Club could not topple on the day.
Overall, New York City’s record against FC Dallas stands at 3-1-4 (W-L-D) with 15 goals scored and 11 conceded.
On the road, the Club’s record is 1-1-2 with four goals scored and four allowed.
At home, New York City’s record is undefeated against Dallas, and stands at 2-0-2 with 11 goals and seven allowed.
New York City FC has scored seven goals in the first half and eight in the second.
As for those goals illustrated in a 15-minute interval breakdown, the Club has three goals in minutes 1-15, two in minutes 16-30, two in minutes 31-45, three in minutes 46-60, four in minutes 61-75, and one in minutes 76-90.
Midfielder Maxi Moralez is the sole player on the current New York City FC roster to record a goal contribution against FC Dallas. Moralez has one goal and one assist through four games played.
Goalkeepers Tomás Romero and Greg Ranjitsingh have both played against FC Dallas over their time in Major League Soccer.
Romero played one game against Dallas while he was at Los Angeles Football Club in 2021. LAFC won the match 2-0, and Romero played all 90 minutes, faced one shot, made one save, and conceded zero goals.
Ranjitsingh also played one match against Dallas when he played with Minnesota United FC in 2020. Minnesota United lost the match 3-1, and Ranjitsingh played all 90 minutes, faced seven shots, made four saves, and conceded three goals with one being a penalty goal.
Other New York City FC players that have made appearances against FC Dallas in their Major League Soccer careers include Defenders Tayvon Gray (1), Thiago Martins (2), Mitja Ilenič (1) and Midfielders Justin Haak (1), Keaton Parks (3), and Andrés Perea (2).
Perea’s match against Dallas came in 2022 when he played with the Philadelphia Union.
A JOURNEY WEST
New York City FC holds a 33-28-20 (W-L-D) record against Western Conference opponents, scoring 125 goals and conceding 106 across 81 interconference matches since the 2015 MLS regular season.
The first time New York City faced off against a Western Conference in league play was the Colorado Rapids on March 21, 2015.
It was an away game for New York, their second-ever but first against a Western team specifically.
The match was played at Dick's Sporting Goods Park, and Colorado and New York City played to a 0-0 draw.
New York City’s first visitors from the West came the game immediately after on March 28, 2015, as the Club hosted Sporting Kansas City at Yankee Stadium.
Sporting Kansas beat New York City 1-0, handing the Club their first-ever loss.
On the road, the Club’s record against Western Conference teams is 13-17-11, with 46 goals scored and 56 goals conceded during the MLS Regular Season.
At home, it switches to 20-11-9, with 79 goals scored and 50 allowed.
During the 2024 MLS Regular Season, New York City FC recorded a 1-5-0 record against Western Conference teams.
The Club scored seven goals and conceded 11.
The team’s opponents included Austin FC (2-1 L), LA Galaxy (2-0 L), the San Jose Earthquakes (5-1 W), Colorado Rapids (0-2 L), Portland Timbers (1-2 L), and St. Louis CITY SC (2-0 L).
This season, New York City’s record thus far against Western Conference teams stands at 0-3-1.
The team has recorded two goals and conceded seven.
Their opponents so far have been Los Angeles FC (2-2 D), Minnesota United FC (1-2 L), Houston Dynamo FC (0-3 L), and Sporting Kansas City (1-1 D).
The only remaining Western Conference teams that New York City FC is scheduled to play in the regular season this year are FC Dallas and Seattle Sounders FC.
Western Conference teams that have never shut New York City FC out, whether the game be on the road or home, include Austin FC, FC Dallas, and Seattle Sounders.
Teams from the West that have never shut New York City out at home specifically include FC Dallas, Los Angeles FC, LA Galaxy, Real Salt Lake, San Jose Earthquakes, Seattle Sounders, and Vancouver Whitecaps.
Lastly, Western Conference teams that have never shut out New York City on the road include Austin FC, FC Dallas, Sporting Kansas City, Minnesota United FC, and the Seattle Sounders.
Midfielder Maxi Moralez’s first goal against a Western Conference side was Houston Dynamo on September 23, 2017. Moralez scored the opener in the sixth minute, but the Club eventually drew 1-1.
Since, Moralez has now become the team’s top scorer on the current roster against Western Conference teams, with eight goals over his time with the Club.
He’s scored five goals against Western teams at home, and three on the road.
Five other players have recorded goals against Western teams: Keaton Parks (4G total, with 3G at home and 1G on the road), Forward Alonso Martínez (3G total, with all of them being scored at home), Midfielder Andrés Perea (2G total, with both being scored on the road), Forward Mounsef Bakrar (1G total, scored at home), and Midfielder Hannes Wolf (1G total, scored at home).
As for players who have recorded assists against Western Conference teams, they include Moralez (12A total, with 8A at home and 4A on the road), Parks (1A total, recorded at home), Perea (2A total, with one recorded at home and one on the road), Wolf (1A total, recorded at home), Defender Tayvon Gray (2A total, with one recorded at home and one on the road), Defender Thiago Martins (1A total, recorded on the road), and Forward Malachi Jones (1A total, recorded at home).
